Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co. v. Douglas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county: To May Term 1868, No. 27. This was an action of debt on a policy of insurance, brought to November .Term 1864, by J. W. Douglas and others, partners under the name- of The Caledonia Cold Springs Company, against The Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Company.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county: To May Term 1868, No. 27. This was an action of debt on a policy of insurance, brought to November .Term 1864, by J. W. Douglas and others, partners under the name- of The Caledonia Cold Springs Company, against The Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Company. The plaintiffs gave in evidence their application for insurance of “ Dwelling-house, Caledonia Spring Buildings,” consisting of a frame weather-boarded building, four stories high, 100 feet by 50 feet deep, with two wings about 50 feet long by 84 feet wide, &c. The policy was dated May…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 14th 1868, by
Strong, J.
The subject insured was described in the policy as “ a four-story building, basement stone, balance frame, fifty by one hundred feet; two wing buildings each about thirty-four by fifty feet, three stories high; also, two-story stone kitchen attached with one wing by a frame covered building.” The application, which was agreed to make part of the policy, denominated the property as “ dwelling-house, Caledonia Spring Buildings,” and describes it, in other respects, substantially as it was described in the body of the policy. In…
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